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    NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SRINAGAR

    (An Autonomous Institute of National Importance Established by the Act of Parliament)


    Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Management
    Tel: +91-194-2422032 Extn: 3302 Email: [email protected]

    Course Title: Advanced English and Communication Skills L T P C


    Course Code: HST102
    Credits: 3, Marks: 100 2 1 0 3
    Program/Semester: BTech (Semester 2, All Branches)

    Course Description: Prescribed compulsorily for all branches of BTech (Semester 2), the course is
    designed to inculcate advanced English communication skills in the undergraduate students
    complementing thus the course ‘Basic English and Communication Skills’ taught in the first semester.
    Apart from dealing with some important components of vocabulary and grammar, the course offers
    lessons in critical reading, technical writing, and interpersonal skills. While the advanced reading and
    writing sections prepare the students to refine their verbal competency, the last section on personality
    skills makes them hone their non-verbal communication as well. To attain the outcomes of the course
    and fulfil the professional requirements of the engineering students, the pedagogical focus remains on
    active and interactive peer-based learning via the classroom exercises and tasks from the textbook and
    beyond.

    Course Objectives (COBs): The course intends to help the students to

    COB1: Improve the vocabulary and grammar skills.


    COB2: Cultivate advanced and critical reading comprehension.
    COB3: Get acquainted with format and structure of the technical writing.
    COB4: Develop the verbal and non-verbal personality skills.

    Course Outcomes (COs): Upon the completion of this course, the students will be able to

    CO1: Apply their vocabulary and grammatical aspects correctly in English communication. (Bloom’s
    Taxonomy Level 3)
    CO2: Analyse the selected texts using the critical reading strategies effectively. (BTL4)
    CO3: Develop persuasive technical writing for academic and professional purposes. (BTL6)
    CO4: Build impressive verbal and non-verbal interpersonal communication required for workplace
    environment. (BTL6)
    Contents
    Unit 1 Vocabulary and Grammar (10 Hours)

    Abbreviations and Acronyms [Textbook Pages 88-89]


    Words from Foreign Languages and Technical Fields
    [Textbook Pages 59-62, 108-112, and 130-133]
    Noun-Pronoun Agreement, Subject-Verb Agreement [Textbook Pages 35-39 and 114-115]
    Tenses, Misplaced Modifiers [Textbook Pages 62-71 and 113-115]

    Unit 2 Critical Reading (11 Hours)

    Techniques of Effective Reading [Textbook Pages 15-16]


    Intensive and Extensive Reading [Textbook Pages 96-97]
    Practising Reading Comprehension [Textbook Pages 52-57, 85-88, 106-108, and 116-119]
    Reading Non-Prescribed Passages/Texts

    Unit 3 Technical Writing (10 Hours)

    Formal Letters [Textbook Pages 43-48] and Email Writing


    Job Application and Résumé Writing [Textbook Pages 48-51]
    Précis Writing [Textbook Pages 102-105]
    Report Writing [Textbook Pages 120-126]

    Unit 4 Interpersonal Skills (11 Hours)

    Non-Verbal Communication
    Listening and Its Types
    Debate and Group Discussion
    Job Interviews

    Prescribed Readings
    1. N P Sudharshana and C Savitha, English for Engineers, Cambridge, 2018.
    2. learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/business-english/english-emails [For Unit 3, Email Writing]
    3. www.skillsyouneed.com/ [For Unit 4]

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